I am new to this site tonight and am self diagnosed (I guess). I have been on a low carb diet for years and
only had specific bloating trouble for the past two to three years. My blood tests are negative, but my bloating which has been bad enough that people think I'm pregnant is seemingly disappearing after going gluten free for a couple of weeks. Does anyone else have any experience with both low carb and gluten free? Low carb is absolutely the only way I can keep the weight off. At my worst, I was 5' 6" at 165+ and now 130 - 135 so long as I stay low carb.
I wonder if my low carb diet might be why my blood tests are negative, but I seem better already gluten free. Does anyone have any similar experience or am I still the weirdo?
It seems like my low carb diet and gluten free are quite compatible. Fast food is rough low carb anyway There are those nasty hidden glutens like soy sauce that I'm having to deal with, but, mostly, I don't feel very deprived. Maybe low carb might be a way for some that are having troubles going gluten free to feel better since the low carb lifestyle doesn't leave you hungry, etc. and, if you cook, you can have a great diet.
Thanks to anyone.
Well, as you've noted, low carb and gluten-free is an easy one to do. I am wondering though, if your trouble with carbs has been the gluten. After all, the typical American diet has wheat as the main source of carbs. If that turns out to be the case, gluten-free carbs might be a welcome addition to your diet. However, I wouldn't suggest diving right in though.
I've been finding that certain carbs work for me, while others do not. For instance, some gluten-free flours with a high carb content are ok, and others bother me terribly.
Are you able to eat rice, sweet potatoes, winter squashes, bananas, or tapioca pudding, etc? Some gluten-free grains are higher in carbs than others. For example, millet is higher than buckwheat, which is higher than amaranth, which is still higher than t'eff.
Some particularly low carb gluten-free flours I know of are coconut, t'eff, fava, garbanzo, and various other bean flours. I've read coconut flour makes great cakes.
I've been finding that certain carbs work for me, while others do not. For instance, some gluten-free flours with a high carb content are ok, and others bother me terribly.
Are you able to eat rice, sweet potatoes, winter squashes, bananas, or tapioca pudding, etc? Some gluten-free grains are higher in carbs than others. For example, millet is higher than buckwheat, which is higher than amaranth, which is still higher than t'eff.
Some particularly low carb gluten-free flours I know of are coconut, t'eff, fava, garbanzo, and various other bean flours. I've read coconut flour makes great cakes.
We're on day 3 of our low carb diet. It for sure it simple to stay gluten free on it.
We're both a little foggy but the weight is for sure coming off. Buy some Ketone strips and keep an eye on your keytone levels.
I think low carb diets get a bad wrap because people just follow the diet in the book and are not watching their levels. The idea is to be in ketosis most of the time and if you go back and forth thats is what screws you up.
You want to eat carbs upto the point where you go out of ketosis, or using fat for energy. I have boughts of energy and I'm for sure missing the carbs. My bill at the restaurant the other day was 9.56 for lunch, I went to add 1.50 for the tip on the CC receipt and had to think about it
It for sure messes with you for a bit but in less than a week we'll start adding the carbs back in.
Make sure you take your suppliments the first 2 weeks too. Another myth is that you have to keep taking them...you take the majority of them for the first couple of weeks until you re-add that part of your diet in and and can cut back.
We're both a little foggy but the weight is for sure coming off. Buy some Ketone strips and keep an eye on your keytone levels.
I think low carb diets get a bad wrap because people just follow the diet in the book and are not watching their levels. The idea is to be in ketosis most of the time and if you go back and forth thats is what screws you up.
You want to eat carbs upto the point where you go out of ketosis, or using fat for energy. I have boughts of energy and I'm for sure missing the carbs. My bill at the restaurant the other day was 9.56 for lunch, I went to add 1.50 for the tip on the CC receipt and had to think about it
It for sure messes with you for a bit but in less than a week we'll start adding the carbs back in.Make sure you take your suppliments the first 2 weeks too. Another myth is that you have to keep taking them...you take the majority of them for the first couple of weeks until you re-add that part of your diet in and and can cut back.
Some of us eat a version of the Paleo diet. Paleo is no grains, no sugar, no dairy, no potatoes, no beans, no peanuts which is a legume & no rice which is a grain.
I eat a lot of meat & seafood & fruits & veggies & nuts. Paleo is also about getting enough fats in the diet.
I recommend the book "Good Calories Bad Calories" I am half way thru it.
today I went to Galveston & had crab claws, shrimp cocktail, and a huge lobster. I cheated & had butter which I seem to be able to eat, although I am dairy free. Along with this feast I had steamed broccoli & spaghetti squash.
I do not stay strictly to low carb, because occasionally I like to have sweet potatoes & sometimes pinto beans & cornbread. But it seems that the longer I eat Paleo that I want these foods less & less. Sometimes on the weekends I will have white corn tortillas but now I make sure that each one has at least two or three pieces of bacon rolled up in it, & I heat the tortillas in the bacon grease - yum!!!
I have eaten mostly the Paleo way since Aug 2007. Although, I never could eat the gluten-free replacement grains - I finally just gave up...
I eat a lot of meat & seafood & fruits & veggies & nuts. Paleo is also about getting enough fats in the diet.
I recommend the book "Good Calories Bad Calories" I am half way thru it.
today I went to Galveston & had crab claws, shrimp cocktail, and a huge lobster. I cheated & had butter which I seem to be able to eat, although I am dairy free. Along with this feast I had steamed broccoli & spaghetti squash.
I do not stay strictly to low carb, because occasionally I like to have sweet potatoes & sometimes pinto beans & cornbread. But it seems that the longer I eat Paleo that I want these foods less & less. Sometimes on the weekends I will have white corn tortillas but now I make sure that each one has at least two or three pieces of bacon rolled up in it, & I heat the tortillas in the bacon grease - yum!!!
I have eaten mostly the Paleo way since Aug 2007. Although, I never could eat the gluten-free replacement grains - I finally just gave up...
QUOTE (gfpaperdoll @ Feb 2 2008, 09:00 PM) 
Sometimes on the weekends I will have white corn tortillas but now I make sure that each one has at least two or three pieces of bacon rolled up in it, & I heat the tortillas in the bacon grease - yum!!!
Uhm, pardon my ignorance of the "Paleo" diet, but my instinct tells me all that bacon and grease is a great way to get a coronary (i.e. heart attack). Am I missing something here?
I've moved away from Paleo into raw food veganism. I know, I know. Anyway, I did Paleo for a while. Bacon is not a good choice for anyone to eat, most likely. Even the best bacon, gluten free, no nitrites (in other words, uncured bacoon), is still mostly fat -- the key, though, is that it is mostly BAD fat. Good fats are avocados, coconut, hemp, flax, olive, etc. ... all raw except coconut, which stays healthy at high temps.
So no, you're not crazy. MMMMMM...bacon. When I went vegetarian years and years ago (20 years?) it was the first thing I missed. When I switched from veggie to eating meat again, it's one of the first things I added back. But now I'm back to veggie again. It was a fun bacony vacation.
As to low carbs, the danger is in getting too acid. In my case, my diet is extremely alkaline - only nuts really as acid food since I eat zero grains. (acid = meat, protein, grains, baked stuff/alkaline = most fruits and veggies) If you're balancing out acid/alkaline, you should be fine. But otherwise, it can be dangerous to focus your attention solely on "low carb". No bad carbs might be a better way to put it.
Good luck!
So no, you're not crazy. MMMMMM...bacon. When I went vegetarian years and years ago (20 years?) it was the first thing I missed. When I switched from veggie to eating meat again, it's one of the first things I added back. But now I'm back to veggie again. It was a fun bacony vacation.
As to low carbs, the danger is in getting too acid. In my case, my diet is extremely alkaline - only nuts really as acid food since I eat zero grains. (acid = meat, protein, grains, baked stuff/alkaline = most fruits and veggies) If you're balancing out acid/alkaline, you should be fine. But otherwise, it can be dangerous to focus your attention solely on "low carb". No bad carbs might be a better way to put it.
Good luck!